Accessibility Works

Accessibility Works Enabling Change Workshops help your business develop a plan to ensure that you are meeting your accessibility requirements.

Presented by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, Accessibility Works EnAbling Change Workshops help Ontario’s businesses and not-for-profit organizations to understand and comply with their obligations under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).

In collaboration with your local chamber of commerce or board of trade, we can help your business develop a plan to ensure that you are meeting your requirements in two ways:

Workshops

We will come to your community and provide a one-hour workshop with everything that you need to know about your accessibility requirements. Learn more…

Webinars

This one-hour, online interactive session is your chance to learn what you need to know about Ontario’s accessibility laws. Learn more…

About Accessibility Works

Accessibility Works was designed by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce to help businesses across the province be informed about their responsibilities under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).

Through the EnAbling Change Fund, Accessibility Works offers training that will help organizations in Ontario develop an accessibility plan. We will come to your community and provide a one-hour workshop with everything that you need to know about your accessibility requirements. You can also participate in one of our one-hour, online interactive sessions.

Accessibility Reporting Deadline

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) was passed in 2005, with the goal of making Ontario accessible by 2025. Businesses with one or more employees need to be compliant with Ontario’s accessibility laws. Additionally, a critical deadline is approaching for businesses with 20 or more employees.

If a business has 20 or more employees they are legally required to file a 2017 accessibility compliance report by December 31, 2017.

What is Accessibility?
It simply means giving people of all abilities opportunities to participate in everyday life. One in seven people in Ontario has a disability. That’s 1.65 million Ontarians. By 2036 that number will rise to 1 in 5 as Ontario’s population ages. Businesses that are accessible will be able to better reach this massive segment of Ontario’s consumers.